HERNDON, Va.,July 15/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), the largest technology council in the nation, today announced the election of eight Officers to the Board of Directors as well as the appointment of six new Board members by the incoming Chair. Todays group joins 15 members newly elected on June 20, 2008.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071106/DC06626LOGO)

The new officers will serve their terms, which take effect immediately, for the fiscal year 2009 – 2010. Officers of the Board of Directors include:

The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is the membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia and is the largest technology council in the nation. NVTC has 1,050 member companies and enterprises representing approximately 186,000 employees. Its membership includes companies from all sectors of the technology industry and the service providers that support these companies, as well as universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. NVTC is recognized as the nation’s leader in providing its technology community with networking and educational events, specialized services and benefits, public policy advocacy, branding of its region as a major global technology center, initiatives in targeted business sectors and in the international, entrepreneurship, workforce and education arenas, the Equal Footing Foundation that focuses on venture philanthropy and public/private partnerships, and The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC to mentor new technology entrepreneurs. Visit NVTC at www.nvtc.org.

SOURCE Northern Virginia Technology Council

(c) 2008 U.S. Newswire. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.